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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 14, 1933
Page
6
The passage extols real men who dream large projects like rivers and railways to transform deserts, power mills, and boost national wealth. It contrasts them with sham men who scurry after the success of others, likened to a small dog barking at a big dog, highlighting a call for collective effort and progress.
Items from 1913 note popular corn roast parties, a new double house being stuccoed on Church Street, Rev Ostrander preaching in Walsh, Crawford peaches from Victoria Avenue, high demand for Fall Fair tickets, Elford Nelson’s four hundred mile Ontario bicycle tour, a birth in Nassagawega to the Wilsons, John S Miller’s death in Ospringe, and an old advertised oil Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil praised for broad fame.
In 1932 the Division of Botany reported several weed species new to Canada including some from the mustard family. Perennial rape, a deep rooted weed, should be suppressed at all costs as it spreads through crops and hampers binding and use. New infestations should be reported to Provincial or Dominion agriculture authorities for timely action.
The piece notes corn roast as a popular Canadian festival alongside sugaring off. It describes key party elements such as congenial people, location, bonfire, sun ripened corn, butter and salt. Two cooking methods are described: roasting on sticks over a flame or boiling in a kettle, with both aimed at a shared feast and seasonal romance.
Alberta farmers won major honors at Regina's World Grain Exhibition and Sergt T A Jensen of Innisfail Alberta captured the Governor General's gold medal at the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association competitions at Connaught Ranges Ottawa. Jensen, born in the United States, moved to Alberta as a boy and runs a garage in Innisfail while serving in the local militia.
The Sunday School lesson describes Solomon's temple dedication in Jerusalem, the ark's return, and the Shekinah glory filling the house. It contrasts Israel's ritual gatherings with a Christian hope of divine presence through Jesus Christ. The text emphasizes the temple’s completion, the law within the ark, and future prophetic glory and transformation.
A Dalhousie New Brunswick hen now lays two yolked and four yolked eggs as part of a new production experiment. The four yolked egg weighed a half pound and measured three and seven eighths inches long with eight inches circumference. In Nova Scotia a bantam in Truro hatched a nest of two eggs after an empty nest prior to the bantam laying a third egg, all eggs of normal size and form.
A Nashville society quarrel erupts over a would be marriage with sharp phrases calling a woman a goose while her suitor is linked to a fowl pun. The clash reflects tension within families about match choices.
The Acton Fall Fair lists prize items for best King apples Northern Spy apples Snow apples and more with donors named such as Dr E J Nelson Johnstone Rumley Mowat Nelson Co Wiles Gardiner and others. Dairy and domestic science specials include best butter and creamery items with donors and cash values noted.
Fragmentary text appears to describe a publication schedule with daily operations except Sunday and scattered mentions of Sunday openings. Entities are not coherent or complete.
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